Entertainment
Historian Timothy Winegard to reveal the horse’s secret history
March 12, 2026
BY FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE
For millennia, the heartbeat of human progress didn’t come from a piston or a processor — it came from the rhythmic strike of hooves against the earth. On Wednesday, Mar…
Events Roundup: March 6-12
March 5, 2026
Friday, March 6
Farmers Market, Bayou
Frondezvous Mini Market, Pink Pony Courtyard
Documentary Discussion with George Stevens, Jr., Johann Fust Library Loggia & Courtyard
Glob…
Royal Palm Players revive spirit of ‘1776’ from March 11-15
March 5, 2026
BY BOOTS TOLSDORF ROYAL PALM PLAYERS
The year was 1776. It was “foul, fetid, foggy, filthy,” hot and humid. Dust clung to bodily sweat. Colonial clothing was heavy and bathing was minimal. Water…
Economic Forum addresses U.S. at a ‘consequential’ period
March 5, 2026
BY SUSAN HANAFEE
Do thoughts of artificial intelligence and the Chinese threat keep you awake at night? Are you worried about how the midterm elections will affect your pocketbook? Does the volat…
Camera Club March 6
February 26, 2026
The Boca Grande Camera Club has announced the “Art of Photography” show March 6 to 8, 2026 at the Boca Grande Art Center located at 236 Banyan St.
The public is invited to attend an opening wine…
Events Roundup: Feb. 27- March 5
February 26, 2026
Friday, Feb. 27
Farmers Market, Bayou
Art on Banyan, Boca Grande Art Center (Through Sunday, March 1)
Grande Chorus Session 3 rehearsals begin, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Global Iss…
Pulitzer winner Eig to discuss ‘King: A Life’
February 26, 2026
The Boca Grande Community Center will host an evening of history and storytelling March 4 at 4:30 p.m. as author Jonathan Eig returns to the island to discuss his biography, “King: A Life.”
Know…
Bike Parade and spring event returns in March, includes dog show
February 26, 2026
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club will hold a day of spring events on Saturday, March 14, including a bake sale, a dog show and the return of the island’s beloved Bike Parade.
The day begins with the…
‘The Marching Band’ wins 2026 Boca Grande Film Festival
February 26, 2026
The 2026 Boca Grande Film Festival concluded on Saturday, Feb. 21.
The winner and audience choice was “The Marching Band,” about an internationally renowned conductor that travels the world and d…
Elizabeth Kolbert to speak on mass extinction at Friends event
February 19, 2026
Editor’s Note: This has been rescheduled as of 2/5/26.
‘Everything (and everyone) alive today is descended from an organism that somehow survived the impact. But it does not follow from this that…











